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Costco plans $2.7 million Cd'A addition

Warehouse-store chain obtains permit to expand to 152,000 square feet

April 23, 2009

Costco Wholesale Corp. is planning a $2.7 million expansion of its Coeur d'Alene outlet to bring the store's total size to 152,000 square feet of floor space, according to building-permit information on file with the city of Coeur d'Alene.The a

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Silvey starts office building on South Hill

$3.5 million professional building to be completed next spring on 29th Avenue

April 23, 2009

Mike McLean

A development company led by a Spokane-area builder and a lawyer has started work on a $3.5 million office building on the South Hill.Builder Mike Silvey, a partner in the development company, Legacy Group Development LLC, says the three-level &

Rule results in AmWest statement

Auditor's 'going concern qualification' triggers company news release

April 23, 2009

Richard Ripley

AmericanWest Bancorp, of Spokane, satisfied a Nasdaq rule April 9 when it issued a press release saying its 10-K annual report included an auditor's opinion that contained "a going concern qualification."In such a qualification, an auditor says

Peppertree project loses financing

Work at Division Street site could restart soon if new lender can be found

April 23, 2009

Mike McLean

Developers of a planned hotel at the northwest corner of Third and Division—near one of the main entrances to Spokane—say they've lost financing for the $9 million-plus project, but are optimistic they can re-establish it by May and that

Buck Knives brings work back to U.S.

Post Falls manufacturer has just hired 10 people after upbeat first quarter

April 23, 2009

David Cole

POST FALLS—Bucking a familiar trend in the manufacturing sector, knife maker Buck Knives Inc. says it has been bringing back to its plant here some of the production that it had been contracting out to Chinese manufacturers in recent shift, by

Say hello to Clearwater

Newest publicly traded company here has expansive operations

April 23, 2009

Paul Read and Paul Read

On Dec. 16, Spokane quietly became home to a new billion-dollar company, as Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. completed a spin-off of its expansive pulp and paperboard operations.Although the new enterprise, Clearwater Paper Corp., employs just 25 at

RVers largely undeterred by recession, survey finds

Majority said they plan to use their rigs more this year than they did in '08

April 9, 2009

Consumer confidence may be down, but RVer confidence remains high, according to the biannual Campfire Canvass survey of RV owners, conducted by the Reston, Va.-based Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). Fifty-five percent of survey said

Restaurant equipment supplier optimistic about future

Owner says resurgence of smaller 'bistro-type' establishments is positive

April 9, 2009

David Cole

A resurgence of restaurant activity in downtown Spokane in recent years and greater demand now for used restaurant equipment amid the slower economy have helped Spokane Restaurant Equipment Inc. continue to grow, says owner Mike sales are down 25

Downturn could be worse

Sense among hotels and restaurants here is that 2009 will be stable overall

April 9, 2009

Jeanne Gustafson

Business from travelers is off for restaurants and hotels here, with numbers down or flat across the board. Most property owners and managers, however, say that although times are tough, they're grateful that business isn't worse, and they a fairly

Travelers spent $15.7 billion in state in 2008

Inflation-adjusted outlays were flat from 2007 level; jobs in industry were, too

April 9, 2009

Richard Ripley

Direct travel spending in Washington state totaled $15.7 billion in 2008, up 5.7 percent from 2007, although after adjusting for inflation, travel spending decreased by 0.1 percent, says a report to the Washington Legislature.The report, by Dean